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orbital
Project agent that shares context across Claude Code, Codex and Gemini CLI
- Stars
- 976
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Last commit
- Nov 2026
- Last release
- Nov 2026
- Language
- Python
18 on 22 Apr 2026976 on 11 Nov 2026
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Overview
Orbital is a Windows and macOS desktop app that runs a project agent over a local workspace folder. It keeps state, decisions, lessons and a task queue as plain files (PROJECT_STATE.md, DECISIONS.md, LESSONS.md, queue.json) and delegates work to Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor and other CLI agents. When one agent hits a usage limit, another can continue from the same project context.
Who it is for: Developers who switch between several coding agents on one project
Strengths
- Context lives as plain files in the project folder, readable by any agent
- Dispatches to Claude Code (SDK), Codex (app-server), Cursor (ACP), and Gemini CLI or Aider (PTY)
- Queued tasks must end Completed or Blocked; agents that stop without a verdict are re-prompted
- Runs locally with your own API key; installers need no Python or Node
Weaknesses
- GPL-3.0 license limits embedding in proprietary products
- Installers only for Windows and macOS; no Linux build or Docker image mentioned
- Full autonomy is on the roadmap; today it is scheduler-driven
- Delegating needs the worker agent CLIs installed and signed in separately
What it needs
- no GPU
- Needs LLM provider API key, Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI or other agent CLIs (optional workers)
- Models: DeepSeek, Anthropic, OpenAI, Moonshot
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